A library may not be the place one might expect to hear live music, but seniors can on Friday, at a Sweet 60 and up event at Phillips Free Library in Homer to help older people socialize after years of COVID-era isolation.
Former Cortland County Historian Eric Mulvihill sat on a riding mower Friday on a patch of lawn near Albany and Main streets in Homer. Within 50 yards of him were three historical markers, …
DRYDEN – When Debbie Fisher first saw the 30th annual Dryden Fair poster folded up in the closet, she thought it was beyond repair. It was, after all, 125 years old.
The Town of Cortlandville Raymond G. Thorpe Municipal Building will close at noon Sept. 15 for the town’s annual employee picnic, the town announced. Cincy school board meets Thursday The …
Two ceremonies Monday morning will mark the 22nd anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. •The city of Cortland’s memorial event is at 8:30 a.m. at …
Mike McDermott spent decades as a leader, but to the veterans he led, he was just one of the troops. “I never felt like he put himself over or above anybody else,” said Norm Stitzel, …
The town of Homer Board approved unanimously on Wednesday a $230,000 purchase of a 2023 John Deere tractor for snow removal. “Because of its age and hours used, we try to keep our …
Some bureaucracy remains, a bit of paperwork and a state approval, but legal cannabis could be for sale in Cortland in, perhaps, three weeks. Cortland’s City Council voted, 5-0, Tuesday …
To buy a monthly parking permit Permits can be purchased online for $30 at cortlandny.cmrpay.com. hed:City starts new digital parking system By MARGARET MELLOTT Staff Reporter …
Crews will install storm sewer collection basins through Thursday at intersections at Main, Court and West Court streets, the city announced Tuesdya. The digging will require Main Street to be …
Temporary lights will line Main Street and blacktop will cover the dust and gravel of road reconstruction come winter, said Cortland Mayor Scott Steve. The sidewalks, however, won’t be torn up …
MORAVIA – When Mayor Chris Fulton was growing up in Moravia, he remembers a Main Street with two stores, restaurants, a farmers’ supply store, three hotels and three bars. He hopes …
Pick a night in Cortland. Almost any night. Listen: Jazz. Country. Rock. Metal. Americana. Blues. Bluegrass. Coming from a music venue. A bar. A restaurant. A park, as someone sings and strums a …
Crooked, cracked and crumbling – the gravestone of Revolutionary War veteran, and a founder of Cortland County, John Ballard sits alone in the Glenwood Cemetery in Homer. He died in 1821, …
The Charity on Church Street Wiffleball Tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday at 54 Church St., in part to raise money for a charity, in part to simply have a good time on the last weekend before …
The Cortland Retired Nurses will meet at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Perkins Restaurant in Cortland. All retired medical professionals are welcome. Tompkins offers preparedness training The next …
GROTON – Groton firefighters have been discussing a new fire station since 1990. By next summer, they’ll have it. And new offices for village administration, too. The $4.2 …
GROTON — Old Chatham Creamery in Groton won two gold medals, a silver and an award of excellence for its dairy products at the New York State Fair, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. …
Snak: kconlon@cortlandstandard.com About two months ago, just up Route 13 from the Truxton Fire Station, a man was trying …
Crews will connect new water services today to the existing main on West Court Street in Cortland, the city announced Monday, bringing water disruptions between Main Street and Monroe Heights. …
It’s not every town that you can trade farm animals, attend a horse pull, enter vegetables in competitions and ride a buggy down the street, but at Marathon’s 1890 Union Fair it’s all possible.
Homer students this year won’t face a long list of supplies getting checked off after a pricey Walmart run, and kids won’t have to fight over whose Spider-Man notebook is cooler. …
Betty Ann Pitman has played hardball and softball; she’s led children and saved lives – and for this, Pitman was named Cortland County 2023 Senior Citizen of the Year. The …
Forty Cortland County foreclosed properties are up for auction through Thursday, the county announced Friday. The online auction, conducted by Auctions International of Buffalo, began Thursday. …
Truxton’s historic bell, located in front of the Truxton Fire Department, will now be historic for an additional reason. The town will be the first of 15 towns in Cortland County to have a naloxone distribution box, with Truxton’s right by the bell.
